![An alternate timeline where the Drake Passage is closed by an archipelago, and thus Antarctica is warm enough to be colonized in the 17th centuty and lived on until modern day : An alternate timeline where the Drake Passage is closed by an archipelago, and thus Antarctica is warm enough to be colonized in the 17th centuty and lived on until modern day :](https://i.redd.it/m2dco746etha1.png)
An alternate timeline where the Drake Passage is closed by an archipelago, and thus Antarctica is warm enough to be colonized in the 17th centuty and lived on until modern day :
The Alternate Historian - I always enjoy a colonized Antarctica map. The Scramble for Antarctica by erictom333. https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-of-the-month-8-the-world-turned-upside-down.502298/#post-21558777 | Facebook
![Distribution of the grass Deschampsia antarctica (in South America and... | Download Scientific Diagram Distribution of the grass Deschampsia antarctica (in South America and... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrea-Premoli-2/publication/323412516/figure/fig4/AS:598981319069696@1519819683066/Distribution-of-the-grass-Deschampsia-antarctica-in-South-America-and-Antarctica-and-of_Q320.jpg)
Distribution of the grass Deschampsia antarctica (in South America and... | Download Scientific Diagram
2: Map of Antarctica showing territorial claims as of 2015 Map data... | Download Scientific Diagram
2: Map from Norwegian Interests and Policy in the Antarctic showing... | Download Scientific Diagram
Will colonization of Antarctica become viable in the far future? If so, how would the land be split up among various nations? - Quora
![Antarctica's ecological isolation will be broken by storm-driven dispersal and warming | Nature Climate Change Antarctica's ecological isolation will be broken by storm-driven dispersal and warming | Nature Climate Change](https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41558-018-0209-7/MediaObjects/41558_2018_209_Fig1_HTML.jpg)